Hitz Keller (1 results)
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Published by Washington DC 1902
- Manuscript
Seller: George Bayntun ABA ILAB PBFA, Bath, United KingdomGeorge Bayntun ABA ILAB PBFA
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Very Good. HELEN KELLER QUESTIONS ARTHUR GRAHAM BELL'S PROFITABILITY. Written in black ink on four pages of folded 8vo sheet. Envelope with a United States Postage 2 cents stamp on top right, letterhead of the Volta Bureau, Washington City, USA on top left corner, stamp marks on both front and rear dated N…ovember 3 1902 and addressed Washington DC. Addressed in black ink to Judge Job Barnard, Rhode Island Avenue, Washington DC. Annotated in black ink on the left hand side: "Letter from Mr Hitz, enclosing letter from Helen Keller". Envelope [90 x 152 mm]. Unfolded letter [177 x 259 mm]. Enclosed: A copy of a typed letter in purple ink folded on a folio sheet, addressed to Mr Hitz, sent from Helen Keller at 73 Dana Street, Cambridge on October 11 1902. [370 x 200 mm]. Envelope has a short tear to the left side, otherwise neatly opened. John Hitz's letter to Barnard has the occasional minor ink smudge however is still entirely legible, horizontal tear through fold at centre with old tape repair. Helen Keller's letter to Hitz is extended at foot, folded with a few short tears where is has been folded. An intriguing and significant private correspondence between John Hitz and Job Barnard (Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia), in reference to a seemingly unrecorded letter sent from a young Helen Keller to Hitz, a copy of which has been included. Image three is cropped to show the top half of the letter. For the full catalogue entry please contact the seller.
